plate
- Description
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Body sherd of Chian Sphinx and Lion Style pottery plate; white slip; glaze fired red; interior, from outside: maeander frieze; two lines; black-figure frieze consisting of sphinx with added red on hair, to left; part of rosette and pendant rosette with red dot as filling ornament; exterior: two sets of three bands.
- Production date
- 610BC-580BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.90 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.60 centimetres
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Width: 5.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Object owned and held by Musée du Louvre. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: AM1362 (17) (Accession Number)